Senior Field Operations Specialist (Zambia)

About the role

The Senior Field Operations Specialist will lead geophysical field operations across Zambia and the wider Southern and Central Africa region. Based in Zambia, you will spend around 100 days a year in the field, guiding crews, ensuring data quality and solving technical challenges in real time.

Key responsibilities

• Lead mobilisation and start‑up of new geophysical projects, from crew building and equipment preparation through to first acquisition.
• Lead and develop field crews, providing technical guidance, training and hands‑on quality control.
• Ensure acquisition meets required technical, data‑quality and HSE standards.
• Troubleshoot instrumentation and acquisition issues and decide on re‑acquisition where required.
• Manage equipment readiness, inventory, calibration and mobilisation from the Zambia warehouse.
• Support the commercial team with technical input into proposals, feasibility studies and client discussions.

Required profile

• 5+ years' experience in geophysical field acquisition, ideally across Active Seismic, ANT, MT, Gravity, EM or related methods.
• Proven experience supervising field teams and setting up new projects or crews from scratch.
• Strong practical understanding of geophysical acquisition, field QC and instrumentation.
• Comfortable working in remote environments and travelling extensively across the region.
• Valid driver’s licence and fluent English.
• Based in Zambia or willing to relocate, with the right to live and work in Zambia.
• Degree or diploma in Geophysics, Earth Sciences, Engineering or a related discipline preferred; additional regional languages are an advantage.

Required skills

• Active Seismic
• Audio‑Noise Tomography (ANT)
• Magnetotellurics (MT)
• Gravity surveying
• Electromagnetics (EM)
• Field quality control (QC) and instrumentation handling
• Equipment calibration and maintenance